John 8:6

New American Bible - revised edition

They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion’s cub, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches, lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who would dare rouse him?

Psalm 39:1

For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Proverbs 26:17

Whoever meddles in the quarrel of another is one who grabs a passing dog by the ears.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Hope of Israel, Lord! all who forsake you shall be put to shame; The rebels shall be enrolled in the netherworld; they have forsaken the Lord, source of living waters.

Daniel 5:5

Suddenly, opposite the lampstand, the fingers of a human hand appeared, writing on the plaster of the wall in the king’s palace. When the king saw the hand that wrote,

Amos 5:10

They hate those who reprove at the gate and abhor those who speak with integrity;

Amos 5:13

(Therefore at this time the wise are struck dumb for it is an evil time.)

Numbers 14:22

of all the people who have seen my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who nevertheless have put me to the test ten times already and have not obeyed me,

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, “Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us.”

Matthew 16:1

The Pharisees and Sadducees came and, to test him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”

Matthew 22:18

Knowing their malice, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

Matthew 22:35

and one of them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking,

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I order you to tell us under oath before the living God whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Mark 10:2

The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him.

Mark 12:15

Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius to look at.”

Mark 3:2

They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.

Mark 8:11

The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

Luke 10:25

There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:16

Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.

John 8:2

But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them.

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us not test Christ as some of them did, and suffered death by serpents.